More than 50 astonishing churches, a group of buildings without parallel anywhere in the world, are crowded into Europe's financial centre, the City of London. This volume explores their history, architecture, rich fittings and stained glass.[...]

Revised and updated from its earlier edition, this latest volume in the Pevsner Architectural Guides series provides a comprehensive guide to the significant buildings of Berkshire, ranging from the "Silicone Valley" commercial buildings of Reading, to Slough (the place on which John Betjeman invite[...]

Dieter Roth (1930-1998) was an artist of astonishing breadth and diversity, producing graphics, drawings, paintings, sculptures, assemblages, and installation works involving sound recordings and video. He was also a composer, musician, poet, and writer. Roth was particularly noted for his influenti[...]

On a spring morning in 1951, eleven-year-old chemist and aspiring detective Flavia de Luce gathers with her family at the railway station, awaiting the return of her long-lost mother, Harriet. Yet upon the train's arrival in the English village of Bishop's Lacey, Flavia is approached by a tall stran[...]

"Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader" offers in-depth portraits of North Korea's two ruthless and bizarrely Orwellian leaders, Kim II-Sun and Kim Jong-II. Lifting North Korea's curtain of self-imposed isolation, this book will take readers inside a society that, to a Westerner, will appear [...]

A quiet, bookish wallflower, Sophie Blake is content with her peaceful life, until her friend Graham unexpectedly inherits a title, a ruined estate, and huge debts and must find a wealthy wife, and Sophie enlists the help of her cousins for a makeover that will catch his eye and win her heart, in th[...]

An operative for the Liar's Club, rakish James Cunnington is given the task of finding the daughter of a missing code breaker, a man suspected of turning traitor to serve Napoleon, unaware that the desperate Philippa Atwater currently resides in his own home, masquerading as a scholarly young male t[...]

Now in paperback comes "the momentous tale of the Pacific war, told through dramatic, poignant, and unforgettable stories of nine heroic Americans" (Michael Beschloss, author of "The Conquerors").[...]

Comprehensive, easy to read, and clinically relevant, Bradley's Neurology in Clinical Practice provides the most up-to-date information presented by a veritable "e;Who's Who"e; of clinical neuroscience. Its unique organization allows users to access content both by presenting symptom/sign an[...]

Get the most comprehensive, up-to-date guidance available for exam prep with help from Neurology Self-Assessment. Written by Drs. Justin T. Jordan, David R. Mayans, and Michael J. Soileau, this companion volume to Bradley's Neurology in Clinical Practice thoroughly covers the core and subspecialty t[...]

In Marion Zimmer Bradley's masterpiece, we see the tumult and adventures of Camelot's court through the eyes of the women who bolstered the king's rise and schemed for his fall. From their childhoods through the ultimate fulfillment of their destinies, we follow these women and the diverse cast of c[...]

Flavia de Luce--"part Harriet the Spy, part Violet Baudelaire from Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events"" ("The New York Times Book Review")--takes her remarkable sleuthing prowess to the unexpectedly unsavory world of Canadian boarding schools in the captivating new mystery from "New Yo[...]